what/how much is the area of a rectangular that is 6ft. by 1 yd.?

Question

i don't know how to do this question because i am an old fashion learner and my son is having a problem with his homework!! It would awesome if someone helped me out here, because i have no clue how to do this!!

thanks!!
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Answer 1

Area of a rectangle is simply length x width. The trick here is that one is in feet and the other in yards, so you need to convert one to the other. So, you could say it is 2 yds by 1 yd (since 6 ft = 2 yds) and the area would be 2x1 = 2 sq yds. OR you could convert both to feet so it would be 6 ft by 3 ft (since 1 yd = 3 ft) and the area would be 6x3 = 18 sq ft.

Answer 2

ok, area = length mutilplied by width and all units must be the same So convert feet to yards or yards to feet , the answer will be sq yards or sq feet according to which way you chose to convert

6 feet x 1 yard is either
6' x 3' = 18 sq feet ( 1 yard = 3 feet)
or
2 yards x 1 yard = 2 sq yards ( 6 feet is 2' x 3' = 2 yards )

a sqare yard is 3' x 3' = 9 sq feet so 2 sq yards = 18 sq feet
are two answers are the same just expressed in different units .

Answer 3

I think that if you have a rectangle that is say 6ft. long by 1 yard (which is 3 feet) you would multiply length by width to come up with square footage of rectangle

Answer 4

18 square feet

Answer 5

6ft=2yd
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l______l 1yd=3ft

so 2yd squared
or 18ft squared